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AN Att TIME 'HIGH' lil EilGtAND * has been rolled in sanctioned pl"y on Britain's first Approved Ten ,Pin . the MASST!. TIASTETT PIII I II I IIIIITI TIIIITI T!ITTTTIIITITITII ll (5 r TEAM: The Brunswick Jets \- man team)- --"', I :* I I Date: January 30th. I I t I I Centre: Stamford Hill t I I I The record score: I I I I I I I I t I T I I I t 3037 I IITIIIIIIIIITIIIIIIIII III'TIT!IIII I I r I KILN ORIED HARD MAPLE I TOUGH PLASTIC COATING I FIRMLY FIXED NYLON BASE I DURABTLTTY I SCOREABILITY Massils of Marshmoor r onoens cAN Now BE TAKEN the Ten Pin Manufacturers, FOR EARLY DELIVERY Welham Green, Nr. Hatfield, Herts. Hatfield 4554. APRIL, 1 964 'f nlS issue brings a new look to British bow- I ling's premier magazine in the fifth year OUR FRONT COYER of existence of British bowling.- Readers will Another first-and our thanks to note (at least we sincerely hope sol) the alto- AMF for this exciting introduction to bowling with " TENPIN." lt's new ! gether wider range of coverage and improved A colourful innovation-first time by presentation any tenpin publication in Europe, ; from the first full-colour cover yet to grace any European bowling magazine, APRIL, 1964 VOL, 3 NO, 4 to especially written articles by people who are undoubtedly famous names in British bowling. With this issue also come several other new features which we are confident will capture the COIITENTS lasting interest and attention of readers every- many years' Page where. An expert of experience in the field now tells readers how to ' bow! with Bill Campbell in Japan and the stars.' For women comes a regular new Australia 2 feature which will be under the personal super- We Meet the Kingpins 5 vision of a staff writer who was formelly one of this country's leading fashion journalists. Learned in the Lanes 7 The re-styling of " TENPIN " has inevitably B.T.B.A. Conference Propo- meant the disappearance of some features, but sals I it is hoped that our ' News Review' presentation Your pen to Paper 12 will lead to a more comprehensive coverage o{ British bowling than has hitherto been possible. Bowl With the Stars 15 We cordially invite all our readers - bowl Mainly for Women 22 managers, league secretaries, and men and women bowlers study new format, News Review 25 to our with an eye to sending- us items of interest for AMF Tenpin Tips 32 future publication. Remember people Want to know what is happening to 'tenpin people.' They'll be interested in the progress of junior players ; of the major leagues ; local tourna- ments I in news about organised tours, and in EDITOR: JOHN MOYES all the things that go to make up bowling. ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER: JOHN B. ROBINSON Your help in sending us news of such matters can ensure that your own magazine serves you COMMERCIAL MANAGER: A. PERNET to the best possible advantage, EDITORIAL & ADVERTISEMENT OFFICES : NATIONAL HOUSE, 66, WARDOUR STREET, LONDON W.I. - GERRARD 6678.9. Printed by Warners (Midlands) Ltd., Bourne, Lincs,, for the Proprietors: Tenpin Publications Ltd., National House, 66, Wardour Street, London, W,1 ,, April, 1964. Price Is,6d, per copy, Ll pet annum (post free) ; $5 U,S,A. and Canada ; El 10s. other countries, BILL CAMPBELL TAKES A L()()K AT B()WLING IN JAPAN AN D AUSTRALIA A FTER growing up with bowling in the United States, setting organisation which will help these widespread local organisations ^ pins as a school boy, bowling in leagues on and off for ten to standardise their requirements, rules and regulations. years, then coming to England to be closely associated with the development of bowling in Britain, it was most relreshing for me to be able to travel to .Japan and Australia to see how these 74 LAilES people are taking to the game. The tenpin bowling centres in Japan are among the nicest I One thing is certain, and that is that Japan and the Japanese have seen anywhere in the world, ln fact, the 74 lane Meguro people have certainly " taken " to the game. There are now over Park Lanes in Tokyo is an experience in itself. Mr. Tokoro, '1,000 lanes installed in various Iocations amongst the g8 million owner of the establishment has spared no expense in decorating people who live on the three main islands of Japan and the his three-level centre to a degree that would impress royalty. potential certainly leads me to believe that the Japanese will He has paintings on the walls which are valued at hundreds ol soon be major contenders for world bowling titles. thousands of pounds. Plush show-rooms, shops, (you can buy . I visited 14 AMF-equipped establishments in Japan where anything from a high fidelity stereo sound studio to a cup of tea) bowling experience ranged between one month and eighteen first-class restaurant and snack bars. The result, in his case, months. I watched bowlers who, after only six month's exper- is that he has a waiting list for lanes all day, every day of the week. ience, do approaches that were smooth as their lamous bilk. This makes it obvious that bowling, in the right atmosphere, is Whether this is due to superior instruction or whether it is that certainly popular with the Japanese people in his area of Tokyo. the Japanese people tend to adapt to bowling more quickly than To sum up on a three week whirlwind tour of Japanese other people is a matter for debate. However, I would v6nture bowling centres, one word would certainly suffice: Astounding ! thls opinion : on the whole, the Japanese player tends to take On top of all this, with the Olympic Games coming up in OctobCr, his game far more seriously and studiously than the average 1964, lwould certainly recommend ,Japan as the site for a long B.ritish player. The women who bowl wear Western-style range holiday, whether you bowl or not. clothing, for the most part, and seem to have a very good " ey6," The leagues in Japan bowl by rules based on those of the pick-ing up spares with startling regularity. All this may sound American Bowling Congress and form very quickly, which is a as if we would expect world championship calibre play fiom the sign that the Japanese people enjoy competition in the game. rJapanese in a very short time, say three years. This I would say Averages seem to run about the same as in Britain, with the is not a possibility, but a probability. exception of the hard core of very enthusiastic players, They . O_ne thing I am most proud of aboutthe development of bowling have progressed up to " solid " 187 averages quite iapidly. ln Britain as compared to Japan. The British'Tenpin Bowling There are now about 40 bowling centres in Japan hnd new Association is the largest outside the United States now aftiliated centres are opening every week at a minimum, So you can look with the FlQ. ln Japan there are many small bowlers' organisa- for some really keen competition from Japan in the future. As a tions and I am sure that, with the help bf everyone in the dowling matter of fact, I lost a match to a teenage Japanese with one " fraternity " in Japan, Japan will sdon have-a national players: year's bowling experience when he scored 627 for three games, 2 Yq::-*al-: TTT.'.i:,-affi rtffiEC ffi '!HHm. .". ffi;% .',iiii#ffi #,"' ',ru E ,.,fl*. .- "#E .!.". ffi M . s "ifi 1* "ffi ffi u# *#ffi* Wr ",;s- #:u MAdi ffiB il 1,"- *":: : ,. !:: ;'.t, ffitr*1!$ ffi ]:& * t**: ;.&*. Japanese film star Akemi Kita sends a ball on its way at opening o! 1ew AMF Automatic Pinspotter-equipped bowling centre in Korakuen Stadium, home of Tokyo'smaiorleague baseball and Japan's largest recreation area. lnstallation is the first automated commercial bowling centre in Japan and the Far East. I won't mention my scorel), The lane conditions are a little lanes maintenance. Although I didn't roll a ball in Australia, drier than we are accustomed to in Britain, but most of the I did notice that the players who rolled a strong hook werefinding proprietors are running to apply their conditioner so as to create consistent conditions from lane to lane. The proprietors all a " faster " Iane now. seem very keen on producing high scores from their bowlers. This can be attested to by the fact that Australia has already had TO AUSTRALIA its first sanctioned 300 game. That was bowled by Jori Velo, whom you will remember visited us here in Britain last year. | flew to Sydney, Australia and stayed in that fair country for one week. Such enthusiasm for a game is rarely to be seen anywhere. The Australian Tenpin Bowling Congress now has TEST SERIES 25,000 members and is growing each year. The first automatic The Australian bowler seems to enjoy playing for two reasons : bowling centre in Australia was opened for the public in the the first is to better his own skill and defeat his fellow Australians. Autumn of 1960. Sydney now has a tremendous number of And the second (please note) is to one day be able to play a bowling centres, all of which look a great deal like the typical British team and beat the dickens out of them. Now, being a ,American style centre, They are very nicely laid out and have visiting American, perhaps the Australian bowlers felt that I snack bars but no club bars.